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WEDNESDAY • 14 OCTOBER 2026 • ISSUE 1015 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
EDITORIAL • PAGE 11
WEDNESDAY EDITION
MAYA
GALEA
mgalea@mediatoday.com.mt
JAMES
DEBONO
jdebono@mediatoday.com.mt
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Joseph
Muscat wins
appeal as
court orders
police action
against Vitals
accountant
THE Criminal Court has or-
dered the police take the nec-
essary steps against Miroslava
Milenovic, a forensic account-
ant appointed during the Vi-
tals hospitals inquiry, after
upholding an appeal filed by
former prime minister Joseph
Muscat.
In a judgment delivered
on Tuesday, Madam Justice
Consuelo Scerri Herrera over-
turned an earlier Magistrates'
Court ruling which had found
insufficient grounds to pro-
ceed against the expert.
Visuals show impact of Jerma
redevelopment on coastal views
Four-year project
includes 146
apartments
and a 90-room
hotel, with
photomontages
illustrating the
visual impact
of the imposing
eight-storey blocks
on coastal views
A photomontage of before and after the development
THE proposed redevelop-
ment of the abandoned Jerma
Palace Hotel in Marsaskala
will have a "moderate adverse
impact" on the setting of his-
toric St Thomas Tower and
change views of the coastline,
according to environmental
assessment documents sub-
mitted to the Planning Au-
thority.
The project, which has re-
mained derelict since the ho-
tel closed in 2007, is being
proposed by Jerma Develop-
ments Ltd under planning ap-
plication PA/00437/23. The
assessment, prepared by AIS
Environment Ltd, identifies
potential impacts on land-
scape, archaeological herit-
age, wildlife, traffic, noise and
public utilities.
The scheme comprises of
two building blocks rising
to eight storeys above a pla-
za, with a 90-room five-star
hotel, 146 residential apart-
ments, retail and catering
outlets, two spas, 330 public
parking spaces and 191 pri-
vate garages.
Impact on historic tower
The proposed buildings will
reach approximately 32 me-
tres above mean sea level,
exceeding the former hotel's
height of 25.5 metres and the
tower's 23 metres.
The assessment identifies
moderate adverse visual im-
pacts from five viewpoints:
Triq is-Salini, the Triq is-Sik-
ka coastline, Munxar Hill,
Triq Hurds Bank and Triq
iż-Żonqor.
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Forensic accountant
Miroslava Milenovic
